Bill Wyman

My dad tells me this story that, as a young man, he had a girlfriend who entered a local beauty contest to be judged by an up-and-coming singer called Mick Jagger. This long-haired, rather uncouth rock and roller turned up at the town hall where his band the Rolling Stones were due to play and promptly tipped an ice cold glass of water down her top.

October 24 1901: Before TV, people had their fun in other ways. Take the 63-year-old schoolteacher Annie Edson Taylor, who was the first person to ride over Niagara Falls in a barrel. She hoped to make a fortune … but did not. 1930: John Wayne made his big screen debut in The Big Trail – […]